The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-29
Industrial and Manufactnrine Notes.

Industrial aud misunderstanding Notes.
The Indianapolis hominy mill has shut down
for ten days make some changes in ma
chinsry.
1t requires the product of 200 tons of ice per
day to keep Kingan's provision packing estab
lishment cool.
The water is again in the canal and the manu-
featuring establishments which depend on the
water for power have all started up.
The Indianapolis Foundry Company have de-
cided to enlarge their works and will increase
their productive capacity 80 per cent.
The Byrkit Sheathing & Lath Company is
this week shipping four machines into Nebras-
ka, two to Kansas and one to New York.
Public elevators and B have started up.
running a portion of the time their business be-
ing largely the storing of the wheat which ia
arriving.
The indianapolis foundry has contracted to
furnish thirty three tons of castings to the Lake
Erie x Western road, to be used in repairing
their bridges.
The Decline company have heen placing some
fine machinery in their shops at Brightwood
lately, among other things powerful thirty ton
steam hammer.
The Hall g. Lilly hominy mills are running
but twelve hours of the twenty-four, patiently
awaiting an improvement in their business, which
is looked for early next month.
The rolling mill last night began using two
sets of workmen and from will
night and day ID order to fulfill the contracts
hand for work. Three hundred and fifty men
are now EN- ployed.
When the improvements Murphy, Hibben &
Co. making in their wholesale dry goods
house completed, they will have 70 0S0
square feet of main floor, and three
quarters of space.
This is the harvest year for the ice dealers.
1t is stated that six OF the nine leading firms
have sold more ice already this season than .hey
did last year during the twelve months and
all are busy they have had no time to cut prices
and all are making money.
The United States encaustic tile works this
week received large order for thing from Balti-
moFs. TO be laid on the floor of large hall
that city The COMPANY this week shipped thing
Los Angeles. TO be- laid in banking building,
and to Little Rock Ark, 10 be used in a new
hotel.
Contractor Routier has Just completed the
three buildings he contracted TO build for the G..
ST. L. d p. company in the part of the.
city. and the company is putting IN the
machinery for the planning mill and boiler house
His contract provided thatktne work should be-
mpleted Aug l.
Within the last three days Dean Brothers
have made shipments of pumping machinery
Greenvile, S. c.; Columbus, Ga; Wellington,
Kan; Henderson, KY: Hicksville. O.: Kansas
City, Mo; Pen Areyl. Pa: Louisville, KY;
Chicago, ILL.,, and Milwaukee Wis.
The Woodburn-Sarven Wheel Company are
pressed with orders An official of the company
states tina. their orders unprecedentedly
large for Juy. The company now find but lit
tie reason for complaint about rates, either
material shipped TO them their manu-
featured material which they ship
Thu Touring mills in this city running to
their full capacity and have their production for
some time TO come we'll sold. The Acme mills
are turning out / 3S5 barrels per day; Richard
& Evans 400 per day and the Arcade mills
about 200 barrels per day. making the produc-
of the three mills, 2, 100 barrels every TWEEN
ty four hours
The carriage men are complaining some of
rates over the railroads. With the &C" Wagon
Company. especially. the trouble seems to be that
l,Syhf have hnnn
the wrong classification. which makes the rates
considerably higher to MANY points than former
~. An effort will be made by the carriage men
to have the classification changed.
Chandler g Taylor are arranging to put in
new and improved machinery in order to keep
M with the demand for their engines. They
this week shipped TO Charlottesville twenty
five horse-powe engine and boiler. a ffty-horss-
power engine to Bellefontalne. Ohio, two twea-
ty five horse power engines and boilers to Gin
cinnati and fifty-horse-power engine and boiler
to Dallas. Texas
Sinker, Davis & Co. are preparing to go out of
the manufacture of Touring mills. Heretofore
this department has been operated separate
from the machine shop. 1t is proposed by the
parties interested in building -four mills or
ganze separate company and go into building
mills on a large SCALE Whether or not they
will locate here is not fully decided upon.
The Indianapolis Stockyards Company have
let the contract for the building of another i'm
mense shed. the pens to have a capacity hold
200 carloads of stock. They to be fitted up
conVenlenceS
feeding, watering and resting cattle. The In
dianapoiis yards will, when this shed is com
pleted. have more pens under cover than are to
be found in any yards in this country.
The VanCamp Canning Company will next
week be in full operation They propose 70
turn out double the amount of goods thew did
last year. much have they increased their ca
pacity. They expect to give employment after
next week to 500 men, boys and women. They
have this week received from Baltimore !, 500 900
cans the first iustallment large order.
They find that this year they buy tincaus
cheaper than they car manufacture them.
High prices for hard Goals may be looked for
the coming fall and winter. The roads which
haul the coal from the anthracite regions to
Buffalo. and the roads which bring it west from
Buffalo, have respectively advanced the rate
fifteen and twenty five cents per ton, making
forty-cent per ton increase in the freight rate
and the operators at the mines trying TO
force up prices by reducing the production,
Present indications that the Indianapolis
consumers will this year pay 81 to 81 so per ton
more than last year